ST. MARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
8441 S. Saint Lawrence Avenue
Chicago, IL  60619

Pastor: Rev. Jon McCoy   
Training Contact:  Laura Morgan

Ph: (773) 846-2992
Fax: (773) 846-4572

Geographic Model:  Urban (South Side Chicago-Chatham Community)
Membership: 1,789
Conference: Northern Illinois 
Church Email: stmrkumc@sbcglobal.net
Website:  www.stmarkumcchicago.org 

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Integration of traditional and contemporary worship styles/services, financial management, social/political ministry and community involvement, St. Mark Manor-- senior-citizen ministry, community development corporation, 501(c)(3), Eagle Scouts Ministry.Integration of traditional and contemporary worship styles/services, financial management, social/political ministry and community involvement, St. Mark Manor-- senior-citizen ministry, community development corporation, 501(c)(3), Eagle Scouts Ministry.

 NORTHEASTERN JURISDICTION

ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
212 N. Centre Street
Merchantville, NJ  08109

Pastor:  Rev. Dennis L. Blackwell
Training Contact:

Ph: (856) 662-2375
Fax: (656) 662-0059

Geographic Model: Surburban (New Jersey Area)
Membership: 250

Conference: Greater New Jersey
Church Email: asbury1@mywebanywhere.net
Website: Under Construction

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops): Small group development, lay leadership, stewardship, evangelism.

BROOKS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
143-22 109th Ave
Jamaica, NY  11435

Pastor: Rev. John T. Simmons, Jr.           
Training Contact:  Ruby Branker

Ph: (718) 658-882
Fax: (718) 658-2006

Geographic Model: Urban
Membership: 500
(Afro-American, Caribbean, Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leon,etc.)
Conference: New York
Church Email:brooksmemorial@aol.com
Website: www.brooksmemorial.org

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (workshops): Music Ministry, Drama Ministry, Food Pantry serves 1,000 persons per month, Summer Day Camp, After School Academy, Brooks Senior Center, Brooks Local Development Corp.—501(c)(3)

 EASTWICK WORSHIP CENTER UMC
6630 Lindberg Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA  19142

Pastor: Rev. Harry Benson
Training Contact: Joanne Briscoe
Ph: (215) 365-1810
Fax: (215) 365-2049

Geographic Model: Urban 
Membership:  350

Conference: Eastern Pennsylvania
Church Email: hrevhrbenson@aol.com
Website:

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops): A new church start model, formed in 1984 and chartered in 1985. Lay Pastors Ministry,Children’s Leadership Ministry, Food & Clothing Ministry, 501(c)(3) Ministry.

EMORY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
6100 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20011

Pastor: Rev. Joseph W. Daniels, Jr.
Training Contact: Marsha Brown

Ph: (202) 723-3130
Fax: (202) 882-3062

Geographic Model: Urban (Brightwood Community)
Membership: 500
(27 different nationalities primarily from the West Indies, Africa, South America and )
Church Email:
Website:  www.emoryumc.org
Conference: Baltimore-Washington

SBC21 Ministry Gifts:  Immigration Clinic, Transitional Housing Ministry, Homeless & Job Development Ministry, Worship Ministry, The Emory Beacon of Light, Inc.-Community 501(c)(3). 

BENNETTSVILLE-CHERAW AREA COOPERATIVE MINISTRY
P.O. Box 397
116 Cheraw Street
Bennettsville, SC  29512

Pastor: Rev. Stephen Love
Training Contact: Shirley Jones

Ph:  (843) 479-4895
Fax: (843) 479-2752

Geographic Model: 10 Rural Churches (Marlboro & Chesterfield Counties, including Marion & Hartsville District)
Membership:  1,500 (combined)   
Conference: South Carolina
 Church Email: bcacm@localnet.com
Website:

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops): Cooperative Ministry Model. Ministering cooperatively through resource pooling (networking) and fellowship in addressing health, community, and home improvement needs. This ministry is Biblically-based, proven in practice, lay-led and clergy supported and can be rural or urban and ecumenical.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY UM CHURCH
10696-14 Lem Turner Road
Jacksonville, FL  32218

Pastor: Rev. Candace M. Lewis
Training Contact:  Terri Virgil

Ph: (904) 768-7779
Fax: (904) 768-0877

Geographic Model: Sub-Urban
Membership; 225
Conference: Florida
Church Email: n_lifecc@bellsouth.net
Website: 

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops): New Church Start Model (Born June 1997, Chartered June 1999), innovative ideas in the areas of worship, prayer, community development (Project Genesis), leadership development, children and youth ministries.
 

St. Thomas Charge/Charleston District
(New Hope, Stewart Chapel, Zion UMCs)
1013 Charity Church Road
Huger, SC 29450

Pastor:  Rev. Marvin Taylor
Training Contact:  Reathea Nesbitt

Ph:  (843) 336-4188
Fax: (843) 852-9320

Church Email:  newhopeumc@homexpressway.net
Website:
Geographic Model:  Rural
Membership:  1200
Conference:  South Carolina

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Vibrant traditional & contemporary worship styles, summer enrichment and after-school programs, food bank ministry, evangelism ministry to stimulate growth in rural churches.

SOUTH COLUMBUS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1213 Benning Drive
Columbus, GA  31903
Pastor:  Rev. Joseph Roberson
Training Contact: 

Ph:  (706) 689-5094
Fax: (706) 689-5094

Church Email:  southcolsumc@mchsi.com
Website:
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  560
Conference:  South Georgia

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Church Development--transition and evangelize impoverished urban areas. Evangelism, Children & Youth Ministries, Traditional & Contemporary forms of Worship, Community Outreach Ministries, Building Community.

Ph:  (859) 293-5873
Fax: (859) 294-6151

Church Email:  wesley@alltel.net
Website:  Under construction
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  600
Conference:  Kentucky

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Stewardship Planning -- how to be accountable, Spiritual Gifts Leadership, Small Groups Oriented, Outreach to Youth & Young Adults, Refugee Ministry, Church Development (strategic planning).

SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION

St. John’s United Methodist Church
2019 Crawford
Houston, TX  77002

Pastors:  Rev. Rudy & Juanita C. Rasmus
Training Contact:  Barry Barnes

Ph:  (713) 659-3237
Fax: (713) 659-2236

Church Email:  elischacampbell@aol.com
Website:  www.stjohnsdowntown.org
Geographic Model:  Urban (Downtown)
Membership:  9,107
Conference:  Texas

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Model of Revitalization in downtown Houston. St. John's started as an outreach effort of Windsor Village UMC in 1992.  Primary outreach to homeless adults and HIV infected children - St. John's Academy 501(C)(3) Ministries.  Evangelism & Worship Diversity -- reaching the multitude.

Pastor:  Rev. Junius Dotson
Training Contact:  Brooke Burrough

PH:  (316) 681-2214
Fax: (316) 681-2197

Email:  saintmark@saintmarkumc.com
Website:    www.saintmarkumc.com 
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  2,600
Conference:  Kansas West

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Church Growth & Evangelism Training, Worship Ministries, Membership Training (enlisting members for ministry through class system), Children & Youth Ministries, Community Outreach through Health Clinic & Family Life Center)

Pastor:  Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell
Training Contact:  Robert Johnson

Ph:  (713) 723-8187
Fax: (713) 728-9923

Church Email:  e-mail@kingdombuilders.com
Email:    www.kingdombuilder.com

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Nine 501(C)(3) Community Ministries birth out of Windsor Village (Community/Economic Training), Ministerial Training - 50 current ministers with spiritual roots at Windsor Village, Leadership Training, Organization & Planning.

ST. LUKE COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
5710 EAST RL THORNTON FREEWAY
DALLAS, TX.  75315-0425

Pastor:  Rev. Tyrone Gordon
Training Contact:  Marsha Gordon (mdgordo2@sbcglobal.net)

Ph:  (214) 887-3903
Fax: (214) 534-7599

Church Email:  stlukeinfo@aol.com
Website:  www.slcumc.org
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  5,500
Conference:  North Texas

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Cutting edge ministry in Worship & Music, Disciple Bible Study (high number of graduates), mission & community outreach center, ministry of liberation and lay leadership training and involvement.  Partnership with Perkins School of Theology.

 THERESSA HOOVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
4000 West 13th Street
Little Rock, AR  72204

Pastor:  Rev. Dr. William Robinson, Jr. (Founding Pastor - 1990)
Training Contact:  Deborah Bell

Ph:  (501) 663-9621
Fax: (501) 663-7228

Church Email:  hoover @aristotle.net
Website:
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  275
Conference:  Arkansas

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (workshops):  Black Community Developers Program - extensive outreach ministry for substance abusers, teen parents, the homeless, low to moderate income.  This outreach ministry provides alternative worship styles, healing and hope to the dispossessed, ways to work within the community across cultural and race to make Disciples of Christ.

 WESTERN JURISDICTION

GLIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
330 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA  94102

Pastor:  Rev. Douglas Fitch
Training Contact: 

Ph:  (415) 771-6300
Fax:  (415) 292-0623

Church Email:  info@glide.org
Website:  www.glide.org
Geographic Model:  Urban (Tenderloin Community)
Membership:  10,000
Conference:  California-Nevada

SBC21 Ministry Gift (Workshops):  Evangelism/Mission (Global Ministries), Leadership & Community Development (Glide Foundation), Comprehensive Ministry to the Homeless, Poor and Marginalized, Job Training, Emerging Leaders Program (Interning at Glide)

HOLMAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3320 W. Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA  90018

Pastor:  Rev. Henry Masters, Sr.
Training Contact:  Rev. Eugenio Raphael

Ph:  (323) 731-7285
Fax:  (323) 731-2609

Church Email:  Holman@Holmanumc.com
Website:
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  2,200
Conference:  California-Pacific

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  Traditional Music Ministry (spirituals), Administration, Training Staff and Leadership, and Volunteers, Evangelism, Holman Community Development Corp - 501(c)(3), Young Adult Ministry.

Pastor:  Rev. Dr. Percell Church, Jr.
Training Contact:  Angela Washington

PH:  (702) 648-7806
Fax: (702) 648-8194

Church Email:  zionumc@usa.com
Website:
Geographic Model:  Urban
Membership:  400
Conference:  Desert Southwest

SBC21 Ministry Gifts (Workshops):  911 Worship Style (on the edge worship experience), Outreach to Young People, Homeless and feed the hungry outreach ministry.